Separator.



J. MUCHKA.

SBPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY za, 190e.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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JOSEF MUCHKA. OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

SEPARATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Application filed May 28, 1908. Serial No. 435,577.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEF Mooi-IKA, a citizen of Austria, and residingat Vienna. in the Province of Lower Austria, Austria- Hungary, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Se arators, of which thefollowing is a ful. clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to steam separators or the like andhas for itsobject to remove the deposited oil or water from the action of themedium. to increase or hasten the separating action and to insure theformation of large drops of the deposited oil or liquid.

The separator forming the subject of the present invention belongs tothat class of separators in which the vapor, gas or steam is led betweena number of corrugated surfaces.

The drawing shows an embodiment of the invention as applied to a steamseparator.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a cross section of theapparatus while Fig. 3 shows on a larger scale the construction orspecial form of the corrugated surfaces.

The apparatus consists of a number of corrugated or zig-Zagsurfaces ahaving rounded edges b; the corrugated surfaces are inclosed by a casingc having an inlet and an outlet for the stealn or other medium to bedelivered from the liquid particles contained therein. The steam orother medium strikes the surface `opposite to it and the molecules ofoil (or water) cling thereto and are forced around the rounded edges ofthe corrugated surfaces or bent metal plates on which they run down bythe action of gravity.

In order to remove the deposited oil or water from the action of themedium. those parts e of the surfaces whichl are not directly hit by thesteam or gas, that is the parts directed toward the outlet end, arechanneled as shown in Fig. 3. IIn these channels .z the depositedparticles of oil or Water or the 'like can collect and run or fall downWithout being disturbed by the steam of medium to be separated.

In order to increase or hasten the separating action it is preferable tomake the parts w, y Fi 3) of the 4corruefated surfaces a on w ic theparticles of o or liquid are deposited as smooth as possible at theedges of the corrugations. or if need be to polish the same so that aslittle friction as possible will he offered to the medium and that theparticles of oil or liquid deposited at these laces Will be forcedaround the curved et ges to those parts of the surfaces which are notdirectly hit by steam or gas, that is, at the parts z directed towardthe outlet end.

ln order to insure the formation of large drops of oil or liquid at thesides 2 of the corrugated surfaces, which particles will then run orfall down quickly into the oil collecting chamber and thus have noopportunity of being carried along or spoiled by the steam. it ispreferable to roughen these sides e and thereby assist the dropsdeposited to adhere thereto.

l claim:

1. An apparatus for extracting oil from steam or water from vapors orgases having corrugated surfaces for deposition of the medium to beseparated. said surfaces having channels behind the rounded edges of thecorrugated surfaces, and forming protected zones for collecting andrunning down of the oil or water drops deposited on the corrugatedsurfaces.

2. The combination with an apparatus for separating oil from steamorwater from vapors or gases, of corrugated separation surfaces shapedto form channels behind the rounded edges of the corrugated surfacesforming protected zones for collecting and running down the depositeddrops of oil or water, the parts of the corrugated surfaces on which theparticles of oil orwater are deposited being smoothed or polished.

3. The combination with an apparatus for separating oil from steamorwater from vapors` or gases, of corrugated separation surfaces beingshaped to form channels behind the rounded edges of the corrugatedsurfaces, the parts of the latter forming the channels being roughened.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEF MUCHKA.

Witnesses:

1WILHELM BERGER, RQBERT W. HEINGARTNER.

